Global Mubadala Capital invests in US-based Wellpay Source: IBSintellegence California-based Wellpay, a FinTech platform provider for the healthcare industry, has also announced that... News • 14 April, 2020 Mubadala Capital Wellpay Fintech
Egypt Fawry’s founder launches fintech fund Egypt-based financial technology (fintech) company Fawry has played a pivotal role in providing digital payment capabilities to businesses... Dunya Hassanein • 14 April, 2020 Fintech fawry
U.A.E Mamo Pay raises $1.5 million UAE-based Mamo Pay, a peer-to-peer payments app has raised $1.5 million in a round led by Global Founders Capital (GFC) with participation... News • 07 April, 2020 mamo pay Fintech
U.A.E Rise raises investment from MEVP Dubai-based financial technology (fintech) startup Rise, has raised an investment round led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) in... News • 23 March, 2020 Rise MEVP Fintech
Egypt Khazna raises seed funding Egypt-based financial technology (fintech) startup Khazna, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding round led by Algebra Ventures,... Dunya Hassanein • 08 March, 2020 Fintech Algebra Ventures
Palestine Receet secures pre-series A investment Ramallah-based Receet, has secured a six-figure pre-series A investment round, led by Ibtikar Fund, with participation from Paltel... Dunya Hassanein • 04 March, 2020 Fintech Ibtikar Fund
Regional Take employee wellbeing seriously or watch your business suffer Michael Trüschler is the co-founder and chief executive officer at FlexxPay a UAE-based financial technology company providing... Thought Leadership • 02 March, 2020 Fintech
Bahrain How did Bahrain become a fintech hub? Bahrain’s government has made vital steps to encourage entrepreneurship to stimulate its economy. In doing so, it has created a... Wamda • 27 February, 2020 Fintech Bahrain Fintech Bay
Egypt Wamda invests in fintech startup Liwwa Wamda has participated in Amman-based Liwwa's $6 million investment round. The investment was led by FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial... Wamda • 17 February, 2020 wamda liwwa Fintech
U.A.E NOW Money offers banking alternatives for Mena's unbanked According to the World Bank, in the Arab world stretching from Muscat to Casablanca, only eight per cent of adults belonged to the... Alicia Buller • 17 February, 2020 Fintech
U.A.E Abu Dhabi invests in fintech blockchain start-up Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has invested in Securrency, a US-based developer of blockchain-based financial and... News • 14 January, 2020 Fintech Blockchain Investment
Saudi Arabia HyperPay raises eight-figure investment Source: MenaBytes Riyadh-headquartered payment processing platform HyperPay has closed an eight-figure USD investment, it announced... News • 28 December, 2019 PAYMENT Fintech saudi
Oman Muscat Bank announces new $100 million fintech investment programme Source: Fintech News BBank Muscat announced that the Central Bank of Oman has approved the bank’s request to launch a $ 100... News • 24 December, 2019 Investment fund Bank
U.A.E Wamda invests in UAE-based fintech startup FlexxPay Wamda has invested in UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup FlexxPay (flexxpay.com). The social impact company provides... Wamda • 08 December, 2019 Fintech Wamda Capital
Regional Global Ventures and BECO Capital invest in Tribal Credit Source: Digital Boom US-based Tribal Credit closed a $5.5 million Seed round led by BECO Capital and Global Ventures to bank startups in... News • 05 December, 2019 Fintech BECO Capital
U.A.E Statys closes pre-seed round UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup Statys, has closed its pre-seed funding round led by Dtec Ventures, the venture capital... News • 18 November, 2019 Fintech pre-Seed
U.A.E Addenda closes seed round UAE-based Addenda, an insurance blockchain consortium, has announced that it has closed its fundraising seed round for an undisclosed... News • 17 November, 2019 Fintech Fintech Hive Blockchain
U.A.E A case for Dubai as a fintech hub Salmaan Jaffery is the chief business development officer at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority This is an... Thought Leadership • 17 November, 2019 DIFC Fintech Hive Fintech
Saudi Arabia Riyad Bank launches new fintech fund Source: Asharq Al-Awsat Riyad Bank has announced on Tuesday the launch of its Digital Partnership Program and its association with a... News • 30 October, 2019 Fintech fund ksa
Regional Regulatory environment biggest hurdle facing fintech startups The Middle East’s financial technology (fintech) sector has become one of the fastest growing over the past five years, attracting... Triska Hamid • 24 October, 2019 Fintech ADGM abu dhabi
Regional Careem moves further into fintech Careem now allows its users to recharge their mobile phone credit on its platform. The service is already available in Egypt, Pakistan... Yasmeen Nabil • 12 September, 2019 Fintech wallet pay
U.A.E Foloosi raises $500,000 in seed round UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup Foloosi has raised $500,000 in seed funding from existing investor Rasheed Alfalasi along... Yasmeen Nabil • 08 September, 2019 seed fund Fintech
Egypt NowPay Raises $600,000 in seed funding Source: Digital Boom Egyptian fintech startup, NowPay, said it’s closing a new undisclosed round after raising USD 600,000 in... News • 29 August, 2019 news Investment seed
Egypt MoneyFellows raises more than $1 million Source: Menabytes Cairo-based fintech MoneyFellows has raised over $1 million in a bridge round (Pre-Series A), the startup... News • 04 August, 2019 Fintech Investment